Looking for direction here...picked up a 93 Legacy wagon last February that was sitting in somebody's yard for about 2 years. It putted to my house with a nice trail of smoke behind it. The guy I bought it from thought the timing belt might have jumped a tooth. It looked like a headgasket problem. I pulled the motor, took the heads off and found one the gaskets to be pretty worn out. The intake manifold and the outside of the motor is really dirty.
I just pulled the oil pan off and the inside of the block looks "ok". There's no debris and pistons turn fine. Right now i'm contemplating just putting it back together and getting it running or doing a complete rebuild. This will be my first motor rebuild so i'm not sure what i'm getting myself into. Since it is my first build, i was thinking i should just do a stock build although i do have heads, manifold and ECU from a 02 bugeye.
Suggestions?
stock rebuild
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2002 WRB WRX Sportwagon
1989 S13 White Coupe
1992 Winestone Red Legacy SS
1989 S13 White Coupe
1992 Winestone Red Legacy SS
My recommendation would be to keep everything stock, especially if this is your first rebuild. It's not difficult, but keeping everything stock may keep unwanted issues from arising.
But that's just my thoughts.
But that's just my thoughts.
Josh
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1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
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surrealmirage.com/subaru
1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
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check out ebay for the gasket set. i had my parts manager at work get me a price on a full rebuild gasket set and he came up with about $250 my cost at 10% over his cost. in the meantime, i did my own ebay research and found a full gasket set, a main rod bearing set, headbolt set, waterpump and gasket set, and a set of rings for about as much as my cost through the dealer (just for the gasket set mind you WITH my discount) including shipping on it all! as long as the ebay seller has a good feeback rating (as close to 100% as possible) you should be fine as far as quality goes, and alot of items come with a warrenty. my 2 cents. cheers, good luck! -WagonMafia
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-Pure White 93 L Wagon converted to Turbo Wagon (almost complete)
-Pure White 92 SS parts car (doner) donated to friend
-91 Mazda miata drifto DD
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what he siad sums it up niceLegacy777 wrote:My recommendation would be to keep everything stock, especially if this is your first rebuild. It's not difficult, but keeping everything stock may keep unwanted issues from arising.
But that's just my thoughts.
1993 Subaru Legacy 44B STi 4Cam 16Valve Turbo Intercooled AWD
EJ22T, STi EJ207 DOHC, Vi-PEC (Spare Autronic) @ 426.20HP / 394.94ft lb @ 00psi
Tuned By: Franz Diebold ( DIEBOLD AUTOSPORT ) @ NVauto
EJ22T, STi EJ207 DOHC, Vi-PEC (Spare Autronic) @ 426.20HP / 394.94ft lb @ 00psi
Tuned By: Franz Diebold ( DIEBOLD AUTOSPORT ) @ NVauto